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President Toro announced on Sept. 13 the recipients of Next Generation of Student Success, Diversity, Innovation, and Community Engagement grants.
The Next Generation grant program supports Central faculty and staff in developing and implementing innovative projects that foster connections with students, business and industry partners, and local communities. The program is in its third year.
The Provost’s Office will issue its next call for proposals in a few weeks.
For this third round, the following proposals were funded, ranging from $6,500 to $43,500 per grant.
Supporting Student Success and Diversity
Academic Determination Persistence & Support Initiative (ADPSI), Year 3 by Michael Russo and Kate Ayotte
Advancing Active Learning Across DNAP Curriculum with Innovative Faculty Development by Misty Scoggins and Rachel Rachler
Cultivating a Culture of Inclusion: Women Thriving in STEM by Chad Williams, Luz Amaya, Sarah Maurer, Mahdieh Zabihimayvan and Bin Zhou
Expanding the Roots of the Caribbean Mural Digital Humanities Project by Maryann Mahony, Evelyn Phillips, Elizabeth Clay, Natalie Catasus, Brian Matzke and Jessica Rutherford
Latino/Hispanic Cultural Competency Training in Developmental Disabilities for Native Spanish Speakers by Silvia Corbera Lopez and Amanda Marin-Chollom
Sensory Inclusion Initiative: Enhancing College Classrooms and The Campus Community by Brianna Kirk and Robbin Smith
Innovative Technology
Building an XR Pedagogic Innovations Fellows Program, Year 3 by Drew Harris
Transforming Software Engineering Education with Integrated Graduate-Undergraduate Mentorship by Stan Kurkovsky and Chad Williams
Expanding High School Pipelines
DEEP STEM: Discover Enjoy Explore and Practice Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics Year 3 by Luz Amaya, David Broderick and Viktoria Savatorova
Voices Rising 2.0: Elevating Self-Expression, Self-Advocacy, and Empowerment of Young Women in the Educators Rising Program at New Britain and Manchester High Schools by Antoinette Ryan, Paula Talty and Shannon Holder
Fostering Community Engagement and Inclusion
Enhanced Co-Curricular Career Accelerator Program (CAP) Business and Engineering Access to Industry Mentorship(AIM) by Dana Wilkie and Luz Amaya
Latine Community Engagement Pilot Project: Using Internal and External Resources to Support Student Development by Gladys Moreno-Fuentes and Heather Rodriguez